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5.9.2025 | The Air Force Academy organised the first F/A-18 Hornet Aircraft Cross Servicing Basic Course for Allied mechanics from 1 to 5 September 2025. The course brought together airmen from the Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian and German air forces.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/allied-mechanics-on-a-hornet-course-at-the-air-force-academy
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7.5.2025 | An F/A-18 Hornet fighter crashed in the Rovaniemi airport area on 7 May 2025 at around 11 am. The pilot rescued himself with the ejection seat and was slightly injured. The aircraft accident did not involve personal injuries on the ground.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-f-a-18-hornet-fighter-suffers-an-accident-in-rovaniemi
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10.2.2025 | The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will fly training missions with the United States Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 10–13 February 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-to-air-refueling-training-with-the-united-states-air-force
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20.5.2025 | The national parade for the Defence Forces’ Flag Day will be held in Kuopio on 4 June 2025. The event will cause changes to traffic and parking. During the parade events, the public is encouraged to move on foot in the harbour and Väinölänniemi areas.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/national-parade-on-flag-day-of-the-finnish-defence-forces-will-affect-traffic-in-kuopio-on-3-4-june-2025
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15.1.2025 | The Air Force Academy will support the Royal Air Force’s winter testing and test flight activity of Typhoon fighter jets from January to March 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/snowrider25
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29.11.2024 | The current Commander of the Finnish Air Force, Major General Juha-Pekka Keränen, will retire to the reserve at the end of November 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/the-commander-of-the-finnish-air-force-will-change-on-december-1
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9.1.2025 | Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will surveil and protect Icelandic airspace for the first time as a NATO member in February 2025.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-the-nato-icelandic-air-policing-mission
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27.6.2025 | Commander of the Finnish Air Force, Major General Timo Herranen starts as a Space Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces alongside his duty. In this article, Herranen provides insight into what space capabilities come down to from the viewpoint of defence.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/review-on-the-development-of-space-capabilities-by-the-commander-of-the-finnish-air-force
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25.10.2024 | The Finnish Air Force took part in the air operations of the Royal Navy’s Strike Warrior exercise between 14 and 25 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-maritime-force-integration-in-the-strike-warrior-exercise
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9.9.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will deploy six F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to the Cobra Warrior 24-2 exercise in the United Kingdom from 16 September to 4 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-participate-in-the-cobra-warrior-24-2-exercise-in-the-uk
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21.10.2024 | Karelia Air Wing will organise the final exercise of the unit training phase (JPH 2/24) of the Finnish Air Force’s conscripts mustering out in December 2024. The exercise will take place at Rissala Air Base and Joensuu airport on 22‒28 November 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-train-in-the-kuopio-and-joensuu-regions-at-the-end-of-november
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7.10.2024 | The Royal Air Force’s Cobra Warrior exercise ended on Friday 4 October. Some of the Finnish fighter jets will remain at RAF Waddington to take part in the air operations of the Royal Navy's Strike Warrior exercise, starting on 14 October 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/cobra-warrior-provided-experience-in-large-force-multinational-air-operations
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19.8.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will organise a Joint Fires training event from 19 to 22 August 2024 to research and develop the interoperability of Allied F-35s with Army and Navy weapon systems.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/u.s.-and-norwegian-f-35s-to-participate-in-joint-fires-training-event-in-finland
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8.7.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will participate with five F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters in the FWIC 24 flight operations exercise in Norway from July 10 to August 2, 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-hornet-fighters-cooperating-with-fifth-generation-fighters
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21.8.2023 | The Finnish Air Force will train together with U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Astral Knight training event between 21 and 25 August.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-and-united-states-air-forces-to-train-together-in-august
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25.4.2024 | Air Force Academy will host a visit of Royal Air Force's Eurofighter Typhoon jets at Tikkakoski Air Base on 29 April‒3 May 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/royal-air-force-typhoon-fighter-jets-to-visit-tikkakoski-air-base
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22.8.2024 | Lapland Air Wing will organise the Finnish Air Force’s Baana 24 road base exercise at the Norvatie highway strip in Rovaniemi and the Hosio highway strip in Ranua from 31 August to 6 September 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/baana-24-road-base-exercise-in-rovaniemi-and-ranua
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20.8.2024 | Both the final exercise of the Finnish Air Force’s fighter tactics course and the annual main exercise of the transport and liaison aircraft fleet will take place at the end of August.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-air-force-to-train-actively-at-the-end-of-august
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16.4.2024 | The Finnish Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets will fly training missions with the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit’s A330 MRTT tanker aircraft on 16–17 and 23–24 April 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/air-to-air-refueling-training-with-the-multinational-multirole-tanker-transport-unit
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3.6.2024 | The Finnish Air Force will participate in NATO's collective peacetime missions in Romania in summer 2024. Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets arrived at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base on Monday 3 June 2024.https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/finnish-fighter-jets-arrive-in-romania-to-take-part-in-nato-missions